Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 113.043 · Subchapter C. DISBURSEMENT OF MONEY
COUNTERSIGNATURE BY COUNTY AUDITOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In a county with a county auditor, the county treasurer and the county depository may not pay a check or order for payment unless it is countersigned by the county auditor to validate it as a proper and budgeted item of expenditure. This section does not apply to a check or order for jury service or for restitution collected on behalf of an individual as authorized by law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 606 (S.B. 373), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2011.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.113.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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